Watch These Coming-of-Age Bollywood Movies

Self-discovery takes you to beautiful places.

While Bollywood is known to revolve around the usual genres like romance, drama and action, there have been times when Bollywood dared to venture out of its comfort zone and offer something impeccable. Be it the storyline, acting kills or cinematography, everything about these movies are perfect. Making coming-of-age movies is no mean feat. These kind of stories are not only meant to touch your heart but also show you the proper growth and development of the characters. Bollywood has made many of such movies and each movie is different from the other. Here is the news of Bollywood. Take a look at these coming-of-age movies which will change your life forever.

Udaan

Udaan is a sincere story of a 17-year-old boy who is expelled by his school authority. As he explores himself as a writer, he gets the courage to stand against the wrongs as well. Rajat Barmecha is very honest with his portrayal of the main lead, Rohan. He made it to the news of Bollywood during his debut. The movie is considered a classic amongst the youth.

Queen

When a young bride, Rani aka Queen, is dumped by her fiance, she decides to go on her honeymoon alone. After several trials and errors, she eventually starts enjoying her journey as she makes new friends. Kangana Ranaut nailed the role and made Rani come alive for us. She made headlines in various news of Bollywood when she won a National Award for her portrayal of Rani.

Highway

Veera is kidnapped just before her marriage. What started with fear turned into a journey of self-discovery. Imtiaz Ali uses travel to show Veera’s eventual entrance into the world of freedom. Alia Bhatt knows how to pull off the given roles, and this movie is no exception.

Tamasha

Ranbir Kapoor plays the role of Ved, an artistic guy who succumbs to the pressure of his family to live a mundane life accompanied by a 9 to 5 job. But it’s only after a confrontation with Deepika Padukone, he gets into a crisis. As his bipolar tendencies threaten to ruin his perfectly dull world, he has to finally make a decision. Though the movie failed to do good business on Box Office, but a few people could get Imtiaz Ali’s vision.

Wake Up Sid

A guy with purposeless life becomes roommate with a girl who works hard to achieve her dreams. The movie is extremely sweet and gives some valuable lessons as well. It is one of the best performances by Ranbir Kapoor.

3 Idiots

Three friends who meet in an engineering college are leading three different lives. The story is extremely relatable, as you’d see them struggling to be what they want to be. Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan and Sharman Joshi have become memorable with their roles in 3 idiots. The movie was the leading news of Bollywood due to Aamir Khan’s transformation into an 18-year-old boy.

Lakshya

Hrithik Roshan plays the character of Karan Shergill, a guy who is clueless about his life. It is only after he gets accepted into Indian army that he finds his true calling. The movie is hard-hitting and Karan Shergill’s transformation is worth applauding.

Rang De Basanti

A chance to work in a movie based on Indian freedom fighters change the life of a group of friends. The movie brings forward many important issues and makes us introspect regarding our stance on political and national issues.